[wordup] Helena Kobrin: Still assailing anti-Scientology websites

[Adam Shand]

yay!  more good things from the dmca!  wee!  this is fun!

stupid scientology haters ... i'm glad their getting their just desserts.

adam.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:04:50 -0400
From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
To: politech at politechbot.com
Subject: FC: Helena Kobrin: Still assailing anti-Scientology websites

[This Scientology vs. critics battle has been going on for years -- I first
wrote about it in 1993 or 1994 -- and it shows no signs of going away.
--Declan]

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From: "Jon Beets" <Jon.Beets at pacer.com>
To: <cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com>
Subject: Legal Communication and Censorship....
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:28:41 -0500

I got a notice today from MOXON & KOBRIN Attorneys at Law representing the
Church of Scientology International ("CSI") and Religious Technology Center
("RTC") stating infringement Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for a
web site I currently mirror at http://xenu.pacer.com. It appears that some of
the infringements may be true ( I will have to look to be sure) but what
really gets me is the part quoted below.. They are saying since "Scientology",
"Dianetics", "Hubbard" and "NOTs" are registered trademarks they cannot be
used in metatags in a webpage... The restriction in use of words in a web page
is just flat out censorship.. Absolutely ridiculous... It would be one thing
if someone used the words to represent a business.. But I would think metatags
at the very least would fall under the "Fair Use" clause.

Quoted from email
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Lastly, you have placed the following federally registered trademarks
belonging to RTC as metatags on your web page:

"Scientology" which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office under registration numbers: 1540928, 1342353,1329474, 1318717, 1036997,
0898018, 1755441;

"Dianetics" which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office under registration numbers 1347651, 1366410, 1432039;

"Hubbard" which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office under registration numbers 1318637, 1505349, 1546167, 1734728; and

"NOTs" which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office
under registration numbers 1372473, 1307552, 1305409 (NOTS).

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Jon Beets
Pacer Communications




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